Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne

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Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne, was an 18th-century British peer and politician who held prominent regional and parliamentary roles in Wales.

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instanceOf British peer
Welsh politician
human
member of the Parliament of Great Britain
birthDate 1730-10-30
birthPlace Cardiganshire
child Wilmot Vaughan, 2nd Earl of Lisburne
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
createdEarlInYear 1776
deathDate 1800-01-06
deathPlace London
linked to: London, England
educatedAt Trinity College, Cambridge
Westminster School
familyName Vaughan
father Wilhelm Vaughan, 3rd Viscount Lisburne
gender male
givenName Wilmot
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
languageOfWorkOrName English
Welsh
memberOfPoliticalFaction Whig Party
mother Dorothy Shafto
nobleFamily Vaughan family of Trawsgoed
linked to: Vaughan family
nobleTitle Baron Fethard
Baron Vaughan of Fethard
Earl of Lisburne
Viscount Lisburne
notableFor regional political influence in Cardiganshire
service as a long‑standing Welsh county MP
parliamentaryTerm MP for Cardiganshire 1755–1761
MP for Cardiganshire 1761–1768
MP for Cardiganshire 1768–1774
MP for Cardiganshire 1774–1780
peerage Peerage of Ireland
positionHeld Colonel of the Cardiganshire Militia
Custos Rotulorum of Cardiganshire
Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire
Lord of the Bedchamber
Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire
regionRepresented Cardiganshire
residence Cardiganshire
Trawsgoed
spouse Elizabeth Nightingale
succeededToViscountcyInYear 1766

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Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire officeHolder Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne